Nicholas Pooran’s bat was silent till now in IPL 2026, but against Mumbai Indians he made a historic record by scoring a half-century in 16 balls. Against Mumbai, Puran played a stormy innings of 63 runs in 21 balls, during which he scored the second fastest half-century for LSG in the Indian Premier League. He has made a place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in less than 20 balls in the history of IPL.
Highest number of fifty in less than 20 balls in IPL
This was the fifth time in the history of the Indian Premier League that Nicholas Pooran had completed fifty runs in less than 20 balls. Puran has done this 5 times and is at second place in this list. He left behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has completed fifty in less than 20 balls in IPL four times. Abhishek Sharma is at the top of this list, who has scored a half-century in less than 20 balls 6 times.
- 6 times – Abhishek Sharma
- 5 times – Nicholas Pooran
- 4 times – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
You will probably be surprised to know the fact that the 5 fastest fifty for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL are all in the name of Nicholas Pooran. Till now, he has scored half-centuries in 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 balls for Lucknow Super Giants. However, for Lucknow, Kyle Myers has also scored fifty in 20 balls.
Also read: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6… Nicholas Pooran scored the second fastest half-century in IPL, created history against MI
Completed century of runs in IPL 2026
It took 9 innings for Nicholas Pooran to complete his century of runs in IPL 2026. Earlier, he had scored only 82 runs in 8 innings and before this he had not scored even a single half-century with his bat in the entire season. Now by scoring 63 runs in the same innings, he completed his century of runs in the season.
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